English Explanatory Dictionary

thirty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
noun
  1. A rack of thirty beers.
  2. A commercial lasting 30 seconds.

Pronunciation

/ˈθɜːti/ en-uk-thirty.ogg thŭr′tē /ˈθɝti/ [ˈθɝɾi] en-us-thirty.ogg /θɪɾte/ /-tɪ/ /-ti/ /θøːti/ /θeːti/ /θɛːti/

Word forms

thirty threety thretty thirtie 30 XXX thirties

Etymology

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

Synonyms

triacontad

Related words

trigesimal tricenary thirtyish tricenarian thirtysomething tricennial trigintennial triacontahedron triacontagon triacontahedral

Derived words

dark thirty oh dark thirty 0-dark-thirty Glorious Thirty seven-thirty thirties thirtieth thirty-eight thirty-eighth thirty-eleven thirty-fifth thirty-first thirty-five thirtyfold thirty-four thirty-fourth thirtyish thirty-nine thirty-ninth thirtyodd thirty-one thirtypenny thirty pieces of silver thirty-second thirty-seven thirty-seventh thirty-six thirty-sixth thirtysomething thirty-something thirty-third thirty-thirty thirty-thousand-foot view 30,000-foot view thirty-three thirty-two thirty-twomo thirty-year-old Thirty Years' War TMZ
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